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Encomium for the Email
An upperclassman’s bloated inbox inspires heartfelt reflections on the clubs that got away.

Chloë Gottlieb


Blue Notes, December 2020
In which our writers find strength in virtual communities, hope in forming connections, and trouble in defining Columbia’s legacy. DEPT....

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Blue Notes, November 2020
On the inflatable rat, dining alone, student voter turnout, and the politics of Zoom names. By Raquel Turner, Hailey Ryan, Sylvie Epstein...
Raquel Turner, Hailey Ryan, Sylvie Epstein, Eduardo Espinosa


Blue Notes, September 2020
In which our writers impart (relatively) sound advice to the Zoom Class of 2024.

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Blue Notes, May 2020
Quarantine dispatches from Golden Gate Park, Bowdoin, Jersey, and the National Mall.

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Blue Notes, March 2020
Morningside's newest barber shop, Nicholas Roerich, Dos Toros, and a LAIC rager.

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Blue Notes, December 2019
Around town on the IKEA ferry, the Roosevelt Island Tramway, and the uptown 1.

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Blue Notes, Orientation 2019
On 112th and Amsterdam lies a Columbia staple. Over the years, Book Culture has become an integral part of most Columbia students’ lives....

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Blue Notes, April 2019
Administrative chicanery, Wu + Nussbaum's glow-up, and the peacocks of St. John's.

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Rethinking Narratives
For Israeli Apartheid Week, Professor Joseph Massad draws connections between Zionism and anti-Semitism.
Kate Iida


Blue Notes, April 2019
Columbia goes to space, Bill Kristol's Schermerhorn spiel, and professors debate left populism.

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Blue Notes, February 2019
Rostam Batmanglij at Lincoln Center, a Lit Hum prof in love, and eugenics at Barnard.

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SoHo’s Siltiest Spot
A look at De Maria’s perplexing Earth Room. By Gaby Edwards A room full of dirt? Art? I asked myself as I made my way down to SoHo. My...

Gaby Edwards


Blue Notes, December 2018
New signs prohibiting animals on Columbia’s lawns may make caring for emotional support animals even harder for students. Columbia...

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Blue Notes, October 2018
The feature most immediately striking about Flor de Mayo is its utterly confusing decor. Visiting the restaurant, I walked into what...

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Blue Notes, Orientation 2018
During daylight hours, I don’t look at the statues around campus much. Warmer bodies rush past me, off to class, to meetings, to whatever...

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Blue Notes, May 2018
During her inauguration this February, President Sian Beilock of Barnard noted, “In computer science, … there are important areas like...

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Blue Notes, April 2018
A wooden desk fades in from black, and a gloved hand delicately places a red rose in frame, forming an ominous triangle alongside a...

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The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program
By Alec Mauro Many students arrive at Columbia with little knowledge of the music that was revolutionized no more than a subway stop away...

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Robbing the Empty Stage
How CUCR lost control of its own event.

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